Focus page on conflicts and human rights violations in Chechnya. Civilians in Chechnya continue to be the victims of systematic violations of human rights and humanitarian law, facing the daily risk of torture, "disappearance, " and summary executions at the hands of Russian federal forces.

Given almost no hope of re-election early in the year, Russian President Boris Yeltsin has won a second term in a stunning victory over his rival, Communist Gennady Zyuganov. Russia's second-ever presidential election and its outcome will be pivotal to the nation's future. Below, you will find an overview of the entire election process, a profile of the major candidates from the first round, ...

The hottest places in the Hell are reserved for those who during greatest moral turning-points remained neutral. Dante Alighieri WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS News-digest Photo Archive On the Developments in Chechnya Observers' reports. Witnesses' evidences. Human rights activists' conclusions. Antiwar Action Committee Aims, actions, petitions, how to become a member. Mission. Actions. Declarations. You ...

RUSSIA AT THE CROSSROADS TUESDAY 6/18/96 Simon Marks interviewed Communist Presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov on May 24th. United States Ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering talked with Margaret Warner about upcoming elections. In April, the NewsHour looked at the war in Chechnya and its impact on the Russian presidential election. Simon Marks previewed Boris Yelstin's Presidential ...

An article by Robert Cottrell from The New York Review of Books, September 24, 1998 ...